[Greg McKaskle]

The DS is set to ping the robot when the DS is on the Diagnostics tab and when the robot status packets time out. When pinging, the DS will add a message when something about the ping changes. I agree that this is noisy, but it is hoped that this will automatically sniff out what may have disappeared and record it in the log file.

As an example, if the cRIO crashes but the robot doesn't lose power, the status packets will timeout, the DS will start pinging and will clearly show that the radio was present. This helps to eliminate an overall power issue on the robot and points towards a cRIO power or cRIO code issue.

If you have log files, you can email me. If you don't know my email, PM and I'll give you one.

Greg McKaskle